Rail-joint.



No. 892,191. y PATBNTED JUNE ao, 190s.

' s. SHULLER.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1907.

N oo 'QM- gwwnfo z SIMON SHULLER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application led September 27, 1907. Serial No. 394,820.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SIMON SHULLER, a subect of the King of Hungary,residing at Pittsurg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints, and its obj ect is to providenovel and effective means for connecting the meeting ends of railwayrails without the employment of bolts and nuts.

The invention consists of a splice-bar formed with rejecting tonguesadapted to extend throug openings in the webcportio'ns of the rails, anda sh plate forme with a groove to receive the tongues of the splicebar.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafterin connection with the accompanying drawing which forms a part of thisspecification, and its novel features will be defined in the appendedclaims.

` In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the rails tobe connected, Fig. 2 is a similar view of the other rail, Fig. 3 is aerspective view of the im roved sphce-bar, Fig. 4 is a top lan view othe splice bar on an enlarged sca e, Fig. 5 is a view in perspective ofthe grooved fish late, Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the fish p ate,and, Fig. vf7 is a transverse vertical section of the improvementapplied to a rail.

The reference numerals 1 and 2 designate the rails to be joinedtogether, each formed inits web portion with an elongated slot 3 havingia tapering inner end and a squared outer en The splice bar consists of avertical portion 4 having tongues 5 projecting from its inner side, anda flange 6 adapted to rest upon the bases of the meeting rails. Thetongues 5 correspond in shape to the elongated slots 3 in the rails, andare grooved throughout their length on their upper and lower sides asShown at 7, the tongues are so disposed with respect to the s lice barthat the tapered end of a tongue wi be arranged in proximity to avertical edge of the splice bar. After the splice bar has been appliedto the rails it is locked in place by a fish-plate consisting of avertical portion 8 formed on its inner side with a groove 9 and a baseflange 10 resting on the bases ofthe rails. The groove 9 of thefish-plate corresponds in cross section to the cross-sectioned contourof the grooved tongues 5, adapting the fish-plate to readily slide intolocking engagement with said tongues, after which the splice-bar andfishplate are firmly secured by spikes 11 driven into the tie 12.

It will be apparent that the improvement affords a secure connection ofthe rails without employing either bolts or nuts, and that the parts maybe quickly connected and disconnected.

. The ends 13 of the tongues 5 are preferably tapered to adapt them toreadily enter the groove in the fish plate.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

The combination with the meeting ends of railway rails, each formed witha slot inits web portion, said slot having a tapering inner end and asquared outer end, of a splice bar provided with projecting tonguesextending through said slots, said tongues having a tapering outer endand a squared inner end and further provided with longitudinallyextendin grooves, said tongues adapted to extend t ough said slots, anda fish plate formed with a longitudinal groove having the wall thereofprovlded with tongues adapted to en age in the grooves of said tongueswhere y the splice bar and fish plate and rail sections are connectedtogether.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

SIMON SHULLER.

Witnesses A. H. RABSIEG, Max H. SRoLovITz,

